1956 Kentucky Derby

Horse race 82nd Kentucky Derby Grade I stakes race Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs May 5, 1956 Needles David Erb Hugh L. Fontaine D & H Stable Dirt 1955 1957 The 1956 Kentucky Derby was the 82nd running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 1956.http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/triple/derby/2015/02/09/countdown-kentucky-derby-remembering-winner-needles/23087091/ Countdown to the Kentucky Derby | Remembering 1956 winner Needles Courier-journal.com 2015-02-09 2016-06-17https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1956 1956 Kentuckyderby.com 2016-06-17 Full results Finished Post Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time / behind 1st 3 Needles David Erb Hugh L. Fontaine D & H Stable (Jack Dudley & Bonnie Heath)2:03 2/5 2nd 2C Fabius Bill Hartack Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 3rd 12 Come On Red Alfred Popara Odie Clelland Helen W. Kellogg 4th 4 Count Chic Steve Brooks Lloyd A. Lawson Mr. & Mrs. Dino Lozzi 5th 2 Pintor Lea Robert L. Baird Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 6th 1 Career Boy Eric Guerin Sylvester Veitch Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 7th 6 No Regrets Douglas Dodson Richard T. Waggoner Wallace E. Britt 8th 1A Head Man Eddie Arcaro Sylvester Veitch Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 9th 15 King O' Swords Ralph Borgemenke Frankie Sanders Reverie Knoll Farm 10th 5 High King William McKinley Cook Thomas Barry Joseph Gavegnano 11th 13 Jean Baptiste James D. Nichols Loyd P. Tate Mrs. Loyd P. Tate 12th 9 Terrang Bill Shoemaker Mesh Tenney Rex C. Ellsworth 13th 10 Black Emperor John H. Adams Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 14th 8 Besomer Nick Shuk Colin MacLeod Jr. Companas Stable 15th 14 Invalidate Larry Gilligan Vester R. Wright T. Alie Grissom 16th 7 Ben A. Jones Paul J. Bailey Elmer Kalensky G & M Stable 17th 11 Countermand Arnold Kirkland Virgil W. Raines Brandywine Stable Winning Breeder: William E. Leach; (FL) References 1956 Kentucky Derby Derby Kentucky Kentucky Derby Category:1956 in Louisville, Kentucky